Weekly Crime Report

“How not to choose a roommate”
Police responded to a call on Sunday, August 16th at 10:34 a.m. from a woman who had spent the night at a friend’s house on 36th Ave. W. She had slept on the couch the night before, leaving her bag containing her iPod right next to her. She woke up the next morning to find the iPod gone. The woman asked her friend and the friend’s boyfriend, who had been sleeping in the bedroom, to return the iPod. The boyfriend, a white male age 25, then demanded if the woman was accusing him of theft. According to the victim’s call to the police, he threatened to beat her up. The woman called 9-1-1 and left in a white Geo before police arrived. Upon their arrival, they interviewed the boyfriend and the victim’s friend, who explained that her boyfriend had said that many other people would beat someone up if they spoke the way the victim did to the boyfriend. However, the woman (victim’s friend) was no longer comfortable being in the lease with her boyfriend, and told police she was going to look for a way out.

“At the end of a long day”
A confrontation in front of a W. McGraw restaurant on Saturday, August 15th was called in to police at 9:06 p.m. Two men began arguing in front of the restaurant, one using harsh and rude language and refused to stop when his wife requested it for the sake of the two children present. The argument ended without violence.

“Too much to handle”
Police responded to a call regarding a mental episode on Saturday, August 15th at 5:01 p.m. on Elliott Ave. W. When police arrived on the scene, the woman threatened them with a stick. An officer took the stick from her to avoid personal injury, and she kicked and attempted to hit the officer. Police secured her with handcuffs, and took her to Harborview for a mental evaluation.

“When the wife gets angry…”
On Saturday, August 15th at 1:17 p.m. police responded to a report of domestic violence on 12th Ave. W. Police arrived to find a man with red marks like welts up and down his arms, and when questioned, they found them to be from a kitchen spatula. The man’s wife had hit him with it. The injuries were minor and the man said he did not need medical attention. Police arrested his wife for assault.

“A time for everything”
An older man called 9-1-1 because he was experiencing chest pain on Saturday, August 15th. Medics arrived at his home on 25th Pl. W. and found him unresponsive and worked on the man for 50 minutes. The man could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 8:30 a.m.

“Too much of anything is a bad thing”
Police responded to a call on Friday, August 14th at 9:44 p.m. from a man who returned home to find his female roommate unconcious. Police arrived to find her unresponsive, unconscious, and not breathing. Her roommate said that this was the second time she had overdosed. The woman was transported to Harborview for medical treatment.

“Fist fight on the Ave.”
Police responded to a call reporting a fight on Queen Anne Ave. and W Republican St. on Friday, August 14th at 7:46 p.m. The informer was located inside Dick’s restaurant and said two men were arguing, then one hit the other in the face twice before the victim fell to the ground. Police arrived on the scene to question the men, but the victim was receiving medical treatment for a bleeding head so police questioned the suspect, who had bloody knuckles. The man said they had been friends for 15 years, and that they had had an argument because the victim was going to fight a third person. The suspect said he had turned his back for a minute, only to turn around again and find the victim on the ground. He could not explain his bloody knuckles. The informant from Dick’s said there had not been a third person nearby. The suspect was arrested for assault and aggressive bodily force, and the victim was taken to Harborview for treatment.